Unlikely Housewives: Real Talk For Worn Out Christian Women

We are coming to you this week raw and real...literally! No edits on this episode!   Our longtime editor Craig is going through the aftermath of a tornado hitting his neighborhood. We are asking for you to pray with us for him, his family, and community!   In the meantime, we are coming at you unedited for a fun detour. We've been approached many times asking, "Where do you start a podcast?" so we...

We wanted to just take this episode to give a shout out to Dads and give credit where credit is due: we share some shout outs, memories and hope for all Dad’s!   Our society and culture has definitely changed the picture of manhood and what being a good Dad requires. TV Dad’s have not accurately depicted what it takes to be a good father.  We know the media and more have stopped celebrating the me...

Behold, children are a gift of the LORD, The fruit of the womb is a reward. – Psalm 127:3 NASB Before you had children, did you think that raising your children was one of the greatest contributions to God’s Kingdom that you could provide? Motherhood is a high calling and knowing God has gifted us with His children to raise them to know and love Him, is God’s great work.    What we do for our kids...

This week’s guest is the host of the Simply Wholehearted Podcast , Amy Wicks!  Amy is also a Wholehearted Living Coach who works as a faith-based enneagram coach for female entrepreneurs to create life-giving rhythms for thriving relations and a business they love.   In today’s episode we discuss with Amy how she got into the Enneagram.  She loves the framework of this personality test, getting to...

Exodus 14:14 “The Lord will fight for you, you need only to be still.”   Ladies, last week’s episode has been so encouraging to many women. Amy’s being real and raw about her struggles with body shaming, negative self talk and her health issues is so inspiring.   We decided to take this episode a little further into our own health journeys and what we’ve learned along the way.    What does our own...

We are so thankful for our guest, Amy Reinecke, from Love Your Body Well Podcast as she vulnerably and bravely shares her health journey story with us.  This episode will give so many women encouragement in their own health journeys, reminding you that you don’t have to feel alone in your story as Amy shares her personal struggles and victories.    To give a quick shout out, I found Amy’s podcast...

Have you heard of the butterfly effect? If so, then you can imagine what this episode is going to be about.  We believe you can have what we call, the motherhood effect!  With one small gesture, you can change somebody's life. And you are doing this every single day…in your marriage, your friendships and especially in the lives of your children and their friends. So often we as mothers minimize th...

Bookmark this episode and please come back to us and share your practical tips for saving time, money and your sanity with us…we want to learn from you too.   Tip #1: Prep yourself for a good morning the night before.  Ex: Clean sink, dishes done (run your dishwasher at night) and coffee prepped for brewing before you are awake.  Morning made!   Tip #2: Create an organized drop zone. Ex: Kids pape...

We hope this episode brings laughter to your day. Laughter is the best medicine after all.    DM us your funny #momfail and we may use it in a future episode.    Join our community on Facebook and connect with us on Instagram !  Write an apple review and YOUR review could be read on our next episode!  Hosted by Tori Shirah and Tracy Stine Contact us ➡️ UnlikelyJoCo@gmail.com  

“Vulnerability builds intimacy and trust.” You are going to love this episode with our guest, Noreen Dupriest.  Tracy has been working with sweet Noreen as her therapist for herself and with her husband, Chris, to help in redefining their marriage and helping to build them stronger together.  Noreen has a Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy, working with individuals, couples, and fami...

As women we have a tendency to set expectations for ourselves, our kids, our marriage, our friendships and we feel disappointment when these expectations aren’t met. It’s become a battle within and something we have each struggled with more recently and wanted to share some encouragement.   Anyone hit a milestone birthday and you take a minute to reflect and realize you just aren’t where you wante...

Hey Housewives! Welcome back for Season 2!  We are so thankful for our 4 month break and all the lessons we’ve learned.  We are excited to be sharing with you this season from a new perspective that “Nothing is wasted.”   “And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.” Romans 8:28NLT Do you find yourself...

Y'all!! It has been a YEAR for the Unlikely Housewives Podcast! We cannot believe it! And we have YOU to thank!  In this episode, we look back on the past year and what God has done through this podcast and in our lives. There were a couple lessons learned too. ➡️ There is a big difference between quitting, getting lost, and pausing.  ➡️ Work when you can work, and then when you have to PAUSE it i...

Vision Boards… They are a big point of focus in business to help us manifest, dream bigger, and be more motivated.   But what if we are looking at vision boards all wrong? Why do we put the incentive trip, the luxury car, and the next promotion on our boards? Because that’s what we are told to put on the boards! Of course, we will put some family specific items too, right? Like that family trip to...

Hey Housewives! In honor of National Suicide Prevention Week, we thought it would be a great opportunity to re-release our episode with the founders of #GiveMe20 BJ & Sylvia. If you haven't already, be sure to check out the resources here at the bottom of these show notes. We also encourage you to share this episode on your social media feed this week (and tag us)! You never know who needs these r...

"It was through pride that the devil became the devil" - C.S. Lewis We are farrrrrrr from perfect but how easy is it to start the comparison game of "at least I'm not as bad as 'so-and-so', I don't do drugs, I haven't been to jail..." and that list can go on and on. All of sudden we are putting ourselves above those around us... and that is very HUMAN. But we shouldn't be comparing ourselves to ot...

Who was raised with the beliefs to never talk about politics, race or religion? Who was raised growing up talking about both freely? Tori and Tracy each have a different story that may shed some light on how these topics can help or hinder understanding one another.   One common theme for them both is that we discovered if we aren't talking, we aren’t learning. And it’s so important to learn where...

In this summer series “We Believe in the And” we are focusing on some cultural challenges that have come up probably due to social media, struggling through the pandemic, etc…and in this episode we are focusing on the AND of being A Mom & A Badass.     Mamas, it doesn’t matter if you do anything else at all during motherhood…if you’re a mom, you are a badass…it’s both/and.  Mamas if you choose not...

We believe in the And series does not discriminate in hard conversations.  If fact, it’s the And that allows us to experience both feelings of the valleys grief and the mountaintops of living with gratitude.  Gratitude & Grief are two emotions that we walk through in all of the milestones and changes we experience in life.    We share our experiences of walking through the highs and lows of feelin...

Have you experienced loneliness?  Do you feel like you are chosen in your friendships? We believe you can feel lonely AND be chosen. It’s a part of building a foundational relationship and friendship. Have you been through a season in your life of change and in turn your friendships and relationships change as well?  We have experienced both.  We know that loneliness doesn’t discriminate: extrover...

Tough AND love…we believe you gotta have both to develop solid relationships in marriage, friendship and parenting!  We know the pendulum swing of all feelings in motherhood…feeling like the weight of the world is on your shoulders to full on empowerment of raising world changers. You can feel one thing one minute AND one thing the next! Totally normal!  We also have enough experience to know that...

Hey Housewives! It's summer!! You survived the end of the school year, way to go! But... now what?? Do you look at summer with optimistic opportunities or do you dread the 2.5 months not knowing what you are going to do everyday with your kids? Orrrrrr, are you BOTH?  Either way, we have GOT you! We know what it feels like to be happy summer has arrived and completely stressed out with the camp sc...

We are excited to share with you our Summer Series “We Believe In The And”.  What does this even mean?  It means we are sick of the “buts” and you should be too.  We fully believe you can feel both sides of the pendulum swing of life.   A “but” is what we insert when we are trying to validate our feelings for ourselves.  Instead we are hoping to encourage you this summer to say “And”!   We want yo...

Today is Tori's anniversary! Yay!! To celebrate we are re-releasing "The Messes & Blesses of Marriage Part 2". If you get a chance, drop Tori a note on IG or FB and wish her happy anniversary! I know it would make her day!! Much love,  Tracy XOXO   Hey Housewives! We hope you enjoyed Part 1 of this episode with our husbands.  In last week’s episode we shared how we each met our spouses, grew in ou...

We LOVE this episode because it hits so close to home for both of us and what God has been pruning in our lives and teaching us through our relationships. We hope that you if you didn't get a chance to listen to Unoffended the first time around that you will listen to it this time. Much love,  Tori & Tracy XOXO   Hey Housewives!  Have you ever been offended?  Like really hurt by something someone...